DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 11/13 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 15Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0653z - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1554z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 33.6 - - 38.8 - - 39.6 - - 32.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 60 - - 119 - - 5 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1061 - - 2572 - - 3155 - - 46 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 918 - - 2078 - - 919 - - 918 Hcrit BL Top - - - 1950 - - 3461 - - 4044 - - 935 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 710 - - 2139 - - 3213 - - 599 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 165 - - 278 - - 129 - - 12 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 16 - - 15 - - 17 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 350 - - 351 - - 357 - - 334 Direction Wind Shear - - - 8 - - 5 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -1 - - -3 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 20 - - 728 - - 1008 - - -871 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 1930 - - 2733 - - 3036 - - 1807 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2399 - - 244 - - 144 - - -2536 ODpotential blCL - - - 4349 - - 3217 - - 3900 - - 3471 blCL maxRH - - - 92 - - 92 - - 96 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 33.6 - - 38.8 - - 39.6 - - 32.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 28.7 - - 30.2 - - 29.8 - - 28.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 33.3 - - 38.2 - - 39.8 - - 34.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 28.1 - - 29.0 - - 28.8 - - 28.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 60 - - 119 - - 5 - - -24 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1061 - - 2572 - - 3155 - - 46 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 67 - - 67 - - 85 - - 25 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 95975 21 259 36 254 38 256 34 272 95975 88857 9 256 8 263 11 250 16 266 88857 83398 7 324 2 298 4 255 3 279 83398 78848 9 335 4 331 6 321 4 276 78848 74889 8 316 5 333 7 339 3 329 74889 71370 10 324 5 336 9 303 8 342 71370 68190 12 326 12 330 9 310 10 333 68190 65259 15 339 15 331 14 327 12 324 65259 62510 23 329 17 320 18 315 15 326 62510 59823 24 322 17 318 21 321 21 323 59823 57006 27 325 21 328 24 325 27 320 57006 54066 29 328 28 328 30 328 31 323 54066 51252 31 336 34 328 35 325 35 329 51252 48713 37 342 38 331 36 330 40 324 48713 46430 41 340 41 334 40 334 38 329 46430 44357 45 337 43 336 43 336 44 337 44357 42462 47 338 44 338 45 334 50 336 42462 40713 52 341 45 340 46 334 52 336 40713 39086 56 340 48 342 49 339 54 341 39086 37568 56 338 53 342 54 343 57 341 37568 36144 57 339 57 340 57 342 57 342 36144 34775 59 340 56 338 56 343 56 346 34775 33397 59 338 52 338 55 345 57 350 33397 31983 57 337 51 340 52 348 58 356 31983 30538 53 336 51 340 53 350 61 000 30538 29047 48 335 48 339 54 351 60 002 29047 27497 45 335 44 337 53 352 58 005 27497 25886 43 338 41 335 52 352 53 008 25886 24212 42 337 38 334 48 355 49 013 24212 22473 38 332 37 335 44 359 48 015 22473 20672 37 334 35 338 44 001 45 015 20672 18803 35 337 34 341 40 357 41 014 18803 16859 30 338 30 343 31 357 36 014 16859 14877 26 340 27 349 25 356 32 007 14877 12968 23 344 23 355 22 358 26 358 12968 11234 21 344 19 346 19 005 22 356 11234 9693 14 336 14 345 11 027 19 000 9693 8328 4 327 9 336 9 026 14 356 8328 7121 5 318 9 325 14 018 12 345 7121 6052 10 349 12 340 16 012 13 352 6052 5107 14 016 15 006 18 004 18 011 5107 4274 18 024 16 009 19*000 20 012 4274 3539 20 022 16*002 19*358 21 009 3539 2880 22 012 16*354 18 357 22 006 2880 2296 22*003 16 352 18 357 23 001 2296 1810 19*352 15 351 17 356 22 358 1810 1436 18 350 15 350 16 356 20 353 1436 1179 16 349 14 349 15 356 16 345 1179 1024 14 349 13 349 13 355 13*342 1024 935 11 348 11 348 10 355 6*334 935 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography